A few new family pictures

Catching boa, cooking boa, eating boa...

Sorry these pictures came in in the wrong order............. the boys went to Naratiway and spent the weekend with Uncle Todd and Aunt Carrie. While they were there, they caught an 11ft. boa that had been eating Todd's chickens! Then they had the great idea to cook and eat the boa!!! Just call them Tom and Huck!

Our trip

As many of you know we just returned from a three week, 2700 mile trip to the north Thailand. It was a very fun, hard, eye opening trip. God moved in miraculous ways. We saw many people come to the Lord who had never believed. We also saw those who were back slidden repent.... as well as many healings. Clinton preached 8 times in 5 days. When i watch him preach it brings tears to my eyes because no one can understand just what a miracle this is. To hear him preach in Thai is just amazing! When the anointing is on his life he preaches as if he's preaching in English. It just flows.

The first five nights of the trip, we slept on the floor in a room that's reserved for extra stuff. There was no air and no hot water for bathing. This was a challenge for me, but God have me so much grace. 

I hope you enjoy the pictures below. 

The breath taking mountains of North Thailand

 

 

the mamma and the daddy

 

 

village life and food

 

Community water

 

Simple lunch

 

Clinton enjoying some papya salad with some friends

 

A real Thai village

Northern Thai grandma

 

 

                                                                                                  Community eating/sleeping

Heading further up the mountains

The sights were so beautiful as we were going up the mountain... everyone had to stop to take some pictures. Here's the boys with their band... excluding Judah

The car was quit hot so they opened up the back to get some cool air. 

 

After a very long journey... this was they first thing we saw at our destination...... dinner! I was in shock!

 

 

Church meeting in Lee

 

 

 

Trip to the North

Bank and Judah with the gorgeous mountains of North Thailand behind them.

 Clinton and all the boys... we had a two hour break and the kids opted to go swimming. The heat was overwhelming.

 

 

Clinton preaching the Gospel on Easter morning. 

 

Random pics

This is the local grocery store. But it happened to be Chinese New Year, hence all the red. Lunch with the Volks... bar-b-q pork, sour soup, with sticky rice Our large selection of curry to choose from each day for lunch. My family loves to eat curry and rice for lunch. The average lunch for the family is about $2.50 This is a seafood market. The girls selling are Muslim.

Mother's day out

Today is the first day our little Joseph will be in "mother's day out." I never realized how precious my time was until I didn't have it anymore...... Candy my doctor friend, who lives two streets over from me, has a nanny that cleans her house and takes care of her two year old while Candy's at work. Candy asked me recently if I would want to bring Joseph over to play with her daughter one day a week and Ba Sien would watch the both of them. I was like, "ARE YOU SERIOUS?!? What a wonderful idea." So today is the first day for Joseph to go and play. You should have seen his little face when I told him we were going over there to play! He was so excited. He's my most social child of the 5. He and Colton run a pretty close race. He loves to interact with other people and was sooo happy to go and play today. So now I finally have time to post something on my blog and write some emails! Sorry it's been so long since I've posted. I'm sure many of you thought that I was throwing in the towel. But never fear.....I'm back! I hope you're getting ready for the spring! I just love spring!! Although we don't have one here in Thailand, I'm acting as if we do. I have pink everywhere and decided to decorate my blog with the spring theme as well. Hope you like the new layout. lots of love, amber Write me an email, or leave me a comment. I would love to chat!

Pictures of my boys

I had to post these two pictures of Colton and Chase! I LOVE it! These two are a hoot!!!

Bank! Has he grown into a young man or what?!?

Random pictures

Boys sleeping in the truck after a trip to the waterfall... the other two boys are in the back of the truck.

New hair color

Joseph and daddy

Joseph and Judah! Aren't they cute!

A New Day

It's been forever since I've posted anything. Life took a turn that none of us expected but God has graciously brought us through! I can honestly say that our family and our marriage is better than it was before the loss. Although we don't have spring in Thailand, I feel like spring is in the air. I feel a freshness... a newness! God has restored to us so much. Our pastors from Fire came to visit us and brought so much healing, wisdom and comfort. It was an amazing 5 days and we are so grateful to them. I think I've written that He gave us a new house right in the midst of our pain. This was a huge blessing and a very needed change! We are still working in the village and very connected there, we are just living 20 min away. All of us love our house! There's so much room to move around and for everyone to have their own space. The older boys thought they would go nuts not having a place to play their guitars and the little boys thought they would go nuts not having any space to play with their toys. Taking on three new children brought on many challenges. It's taken us quite some time to figure out a rhythm, but God has brought so much wisdom. Judah and Bank are in school all day. They leave the house at 8 and arrive home about 4:30. Colton leaves at 8 as well, but he's back home at 1 to do his homeschool. We're on the home stretch with him. We only have a few more months and he'll be finished with his home education. We're praying what God has in store for him after this. Chase and the baby are home with me all day. It's taken a lot of getting used to having a toddler again. But we're doing okay. We're coloring, playing cars, watching movies, helping mommy cook, wiping snotty noses, dirty high chairs, and dirty bottoms! ; ) I forgot how much work one two year old can be. I'm going to be posting some random pictures over the last few months. I hope you enjoy. I'll prayerfully be posting more often with many more pictures. I've posted a few pictures of me with a new hair color. I did it a dark chestnut color....we think we like it. ; ) the last picture is after a day at the waterfall. All three boys are passed out! And the other two boys were in the back of truck passed out too. Thank you for your love and support. Amber